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<h3>ABS(3)              Linux Programmer's Manual              ABS(3)
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<h3>NAME
</h3>       abs - computes the absolute value of an integer.

<h3>SYNOPSIS
</h3>       #include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;

       int abs(int j);

<h3>DESCRIPTION
</h3>       The  abs()  function  computes  the  absolute value of the
       integer argument j.

<h3>RETURN VALUE
</h3>       Returns the absolute value of the integer argument.

<h3>CONFORMING TO
</h3>       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

<h3>NOTES
</h3>       Trying to take the absolute value  of  the  most  negative
       integer is not defined.

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<h3>SEE ALSO
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<a href=ceil.htm>ceil</a>, 
<a href=floor.htm>floor</a>, 
<a href=fabs.htm>fabs</a>, 
<a href=labs.htmlabs</a>, 
<a href=rint.htm>rint</a>, 
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<h3>GNU                        June 6, 1993                         1
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